There are not as many complicated acupuncture points to use during the operation of floating needles, and there are not as many delicate ganglia to find. It is just a matter of following the principles of floating needle treatment, just a matter of paying attention to the details, and just a matter of getting the patient to follow medical advice. It looks simple, so some of my friends take it for granted that the indications for floating acupuncture are few and far between, not nearly as many as for regular acupuncture. It is true that there are many indications for acupuncture, and we believe that there are as many indications for floating needles as there are for acupuncture, or that the indications for acupuncture are the indications for floating needles. Why are there many indications in acupuncture textbooks that we don’t write about in the monographs on floating needles? Because we currently use a gold standard for determining whether or not it is an indication for floating needles, which is far stricter than the standard for acupuncture. The gold standard:Treatment with floating needles alone must be effective on the spot. Conditions that have no immediate effect and improve only afterwards are not considered indications. Therefore, many beginners report that floating needles are effective for this condition and that condition, but if they are not certified by our own repeated use of the gold standard, they are not considered indications for floating needles.